National Sports

QUEBEC — Conor Frenette scored in overtime to rally the Victoriaville Tigres to a stirring 4-3 win over the Val-d'Or Foreurs and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final Sunday.

RIMINI, Italy — Brazil defeated the Canadian men's volleyball team 3-1 (25-17, 25-20, 20-25, 27-25) in Nations League action Sunday.

PARIS — It was a triumphant start to the French Open for Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., earned an emphatic 6-2, 6-1 win over Anastasia Potapova of Russia in the first round of the women's singles draw Sunday.

TORONTO — Nick Foligno still believes. The same goes for Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and the rest of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Believing, however, is one thing. Doing is something different entirely.

GOTZIS, Austria — Damian Warner emphatically shattered his Canadian decathlon record Sunday. The 31-year-old from London, Ont., scored 8,995 points to win the Hypo-Meeting, becoming the first person to win six titles in the prestigious event.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks signed forward Vasily Podkolzin to a three-year entry-level contract Sunday. Vancouver selected the six-foot-one, 190-pound forward in the first round, No. 10 overall, in the 2019 NHL entry draft.

RIGA, Latvia — Andrew Mangiapane had two goals and two assists to lead Canada past Italy 7-1 on Sunday at the world hockey championship.

Canada's Gabriela DeBues-Stafford showed her impressive range on Saturday night, dipping under the Tokyo Olympic standard and the two-minute barrier in the 800 metres. The 25-year-old from Toronto ran one minute 58.

Baseball Canada will turn to an experienced roster as it tries to secure an Olympic berth at the upcoming Baseball Americas Qualifier in Florida.

MONTREAL — Canada's first NHL crowd in nearly 15 months put on a show early Saturday as their team — propelled by the energy inside the Bell Centre — attacked in waves.